Lana Del Rey revealed news of her Norman Fucking Rockwell! successor “Chemtrails Over the Country Club” in May, announcing it along with her first published collections of poetry. She teased one unreleased song called “Tulsa Jesus Freak,” tagging frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff, before sharing the new track “Let Me Love You Like a Woman” in October. On January 11th, she’ll share the music video for the Chemtrails title track, and she’s said to expect the whole album some time in March.
No stranger to vintage cinematic flair, Lana Del Rey reaches for both sumptuous glamor and retro horror in her latest video. Bedecked in pearls and lace, the singer and her friends lounge by a pool, watch old home movies, and ride around in a candy-apple-red convertible (where she also shows off that infamous bejeweled mask). A darker theme tugs at the corners of the relaxed scenes when a Wizard of Oz-style tornado sucks up the titular country club. Suddenly, Lana and her crew turn into werewolves and dance around a crackling bonfire, flipping this moneyed portrait into a decadent nightmare.
Since releasing Norman Fucking Rockwell! (among our favourite album’s of 2019), Lana Del Rey did some side projects, but 2021 will be the year Norman finally gets its highly anticipated followup, Chemtrails Over The Country Club (which, like Norman, was produced by Jack Antonoff). “I love it. It’s folky. It’s beautiful. It’s super different from Norman,” Lana said.
The New Album ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’ – Out March 19th